Pune TCS Employee Claims Unfair Ratings and Sudden Termination After Divorce, Despite ‘Overachiever’ Record
Pune TCS Employee Claims Unfair Ratings and Sudden Termination After Divorce, Despite ‘Overachiever’ Record
The Forum for IT Employees (FITE) has highlighted the case, alleging opaque assessments, unfair ratings and sudden termination despite proven performance.
A Pune-based TCS employee has alleged that she was forced out of the company despite consistently exceeding expectations and handling workloads far above official benchmarks. According to details shared publicly by the Forum for IT Employees (FITE), the woman managed over 200 cases per cycle, significantly higher than the 135-case benchmark considered “good performance”, with zero errors and perfect timelines. Yet, she claims she was repeatedly given D-band ratings, triggering six consecutive months of salary cuts.
The employee, who had worked with TCS for just under two years, said the pressure intensified soon after her divorce. She was denied alimony during court proceedings on the grounds that she was “gainfully employed at TCS Pune.” Shortly after, she was mandated to take an internal AI course and appear for an assessment. Despite meeting work targets and receiving no study time due to heavy workloads, she was declared “failed” in the test without being shown her paper, marks or feedback. She was terminated the very next day.
FITE shared screenshots of her conversations and documentation on social media, calling the termination “unfair, opaque and harmful”. The group noted that even early-career employees are now facing sudden exits, often labelled as performance-related without transparent evaluation.
“This woman, already denied alimony because she had a TCS job, has now been terminated, leaving her with no income and no support,” FITE posted, tagging Union Labour Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and urging immediate intervention.
The case has sparked discussion across India’s IT sector, especially since it closely follows another allegation earlier this month, a Mumbai-based TCS employee with 14 years of service was reportedly pressured to resign while on approved medical leave and awaiting surgery.
FITE has demanded urgent reforms, calling for:
• Access to internal assessment papers and scores
• Transparent and reviewable evaluation mechanisms
• An end to forced exits disguised as performance measures
Questions are also being raised about the 70–80 percent passing criteria for internal tests and why employees are denied re-evaluation when failing a single assessment can result in immediate job loss.
For the Pune employee, the situation is particularly severe. After being denied alimony because she was employed, her sudden termination has left her without income, support or clarity on why her proven performance was consistently rated poorly.
Her case now fuels growing concerns over workplace practices across large tech firms and whether stronger regulatory oversight is needed to protect IT employees from arbitrary performance-related exits.
